Crime, Drama, Thriller
A powerful entrepreneur wants to build an exclusive resort hotel in Villanova, but he discovers the location he has in mind is protected by local land-use regulations. He hires Maria, a beautiful and elegant prostitute, to seduce the mayor, leaving him open to blackmail if he won't give the entrepreneur what he wants. Maria has no trouble twisting Meireles around her finger, but police detectives Madeira and Neves get wind of the plan and set out to expose the plot...
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Jury of One
Southland Tales
Revolver
Cop au Vin
Dark Blue
Burn After Reading
The Idiot
Gone Baby Gone
White Lightning
Fuzz
School for Buglars
All That Divides Us
Drive Into Night
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Rising Sun
Gigli
Hard Eight
8MM 2
Harum Scarum
The Good Girl
SIMILAR MOVIES
Jury of One
IMDB 6.5 | Sep , 1974
A desperate woman, whose son is on trial for murder, blackmails the judge and kidnaps his wife.Southland Tales
IMDB 5.2 | Nov , 2007
Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.Revolver
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 1973
An Italian prison official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife back. He gets the man released - but then kidnaps him himself, in order to ensure that the man's colleagues don't kill his wife. Enraged, the gang sets out to free their compatriot and kill the man who took him.Cop au Vin
IMDB 6.1 | Apr , 1985
Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.Dark Blue
IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 2002
Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.Burn After Reading
IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 2008
When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money for Linda to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of control for the duo, and those in their orbit.The Idiot
IMDB 6.6 | Jun , 1946
Muichkine, a young Russian prince, returns home to St. Petersburg from a mental institution, determined to spread decency and kindness in the harsh and cruel world. He becomes betrothed to an innocent young girl while trying to save a less-innocent woman from her own travail, but jealousy and his own naivete conjoin to bring about unimaginable tragedy.Gone Baby Gone
IMDB 7.3 | Sep , 2007
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.White Lightning
IMDB 6.1 | Aug , 1973
An ex-con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.Fuzz
IMDB 5.5 | Jul , 1972
Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.School for Buglars
IMDB 7.6 | May , 1958
The police plan to capture a killer by using a double that looks exactly as one of his victims.All That Divides Us
IMDB 5.5 | Nov , 2017
A middle-class house in the middle of nowhere. A council estate in Sète. A mother and daughter. Two childhood friends. A vanishing. Blackmail. A clash between two worlds.Drive Into Night
IMDB 6.8 | May , 2022
A surprising and humanistic drama that questions the meaning of happiness through the strange fate of one man who caused an accident. One night, a taciturn and clumsy man working at a scrap iron factory in the suburbs of Tokyo, causes an irreparable accident with his colleague. The two try to hide the incident but the man’s fate takes a turn for the worse and his colleague and family are faced with threats to their survival. A psychologial thriller that reveals the ills of Japanese society along with the darknesses of the human heart based on a script full of surprises written by the director Dai Sakō. Tomomitsu Adachi, who plays the lead role, exudes an eerie charm, and is flanked by many of Japan's best supporting actors such as Yutaka Matsushige and Shohei Uno.Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
IMDB 5.6 | May , 1977
In this sequel to Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, Alexander's story is told in both the past and the present. Alexander's parents send him away from home for being too sensitive and not helping enough on their farm. He goes to Los Angeles in hopes of going to art school, but when he can't find a job as a minor, he turns to prostitution. After being arrested, he wants to head to Arizona to marry Dawn, but he falls into a lucrative job/relationship with a gay football star.Rising Sun
IMDB 6.1 | Jul , 1993
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.Gigli
IMDB 4 | Aug , 2003
Gigli is ordered to kidnap the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor. When plans go awry, Gigli's boss sends in Ricki, a gorgeous free-spirited female gangster who has her own set of orders to assist with the kidnapping. But Gigli begins falling for the decidedly unavailable Ricki, which could be a hazard to his occupation.Hard Eight
IMDB 6.8 | Feb , 1997
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.8MM 2
IMDB 4.9 | Nov , 2005
Entering a seamy underground world of peep shows, nude clubs, and live Internet sex is David Huxley, an aspiring politician who has everything to lose. Secretly filmed in a steamy three-way with his fiancée Tish and a gorgeous young model, David is desperate to find the extortionist who's demanding an exorbitant amount of money for the negatives. But when the blackmail trail ends in murder and David is kidnapped, Tish must come up with $5 million ransom or her fiancé's once-promising career, and life, may come to a dead end.Harum Scarum
IMDB 5 | Dec , 1965
Johnny Tyronne, action movie star and ladies man, is traveling through the Middle East on a goodwill tour to promote his latest movie, "Sands of the Desert". Once he arrives, however, he is kidnapped by a gang of assassins who were so impressed with his on-screen adventures that they want to hire him to carry out an assassination for them.The Good Girl
IMDB 6.2 | Aug , 2002
A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.